Press Release

December 18, 2015. Norwalk, CT. PDC International Corporation, a global manufacturer of precision shrink sleeving systems, has introduced its R-600 Tamper Evident Shrink Bander. The system applies heat shrinkable neck bands to the closures of food and beverage containers.

PDC R-600 Shrink Banders were engineered to be fastest in their class, neck banding at speeds of 400 to over 1000 cpm. Engineered for 24/7 performance, with continuous material web flow that cuts without pausing the web, R-600 Shrink Banders apply, with exceptional precision and repeatability, 1 to 3.75″ diameter neck bands at heights up to 2.375″. This makes them ideal for most jarred foods and bottled beverages, including pickles, baby food, “Cap-cans”, water and teas.

R-600s are single-headed, in-line, tamper evident Shrink Banders that are robust and easy to use. The operator touch screen and PLC are Allen-Bradley. Systems can be supplied with PDC’s “Splice-on-the-Fly” accumulator module, which eliminates the downtime involved with roll changes – a huge advantage for high-volume operations.

Changing from one product to the next has also been streamlined, thanks to PDC’s tool-free changeover feature, and pre-set head height positioning.

Nine optional sensors include a downstream photo eye, splice detection and band presence and position. Zero-access guarding, all stainless steel construction, and NEMA-4X electrical enclosures are options that allow R Series systems to integrate with any production environment.

Like all PDC packaging systems, R Series systems use readily available, off-the-shelf components. PDC manufactures a full spectrum of stand-alone neck banding and shrink labeling machinery, in addition to a full line of convection, infrared and steam shrink tunnels.